Baratunde may host Comedy Hack Day, but Matt Klinman might now be considered the star of the show. Matt, if you read that sentence and laugh, thinking to yourself “that’s absurd,” well it’s NOT! Okay!? You’re a star, Matt! A two-time champion and A STAR!! Sorry. Where were we? Right, ... read more
There’s a refrain we’ve been using with this Fuck You Congress campaign: This site shouldn’t exist. The number one reaction to the site has been shock, not out of disgust but out of surprise that this domain was even available as of last week. And it’s that particular variety of ... read more
When we arranged to bring Comedy Hack Day to the MIT Media Lab, we hoped it would produce more hardware than we had seen in the past. And sure enough, we soon wound up facing the question: Does the stage have enough room for a toilet? Team Pizzicato Privy, comprised ... read more
The teaching opportunities of a virtual pet don’t extend beyond a minor amount of detached responibility. In an effort to bring a deeper, worldview-altering lesson to the world of animated animal ownership, Comedy Hack Day virgin Benjamin Apple created My Real Puppy this past weekend at our Comedy Hack Day ... read more
Knowing about music makes you cool, but looking up music makes you uncool; that is the paradox at the center of Sly Sound. Created by Trevor Burnham and Wes Hazard, the mobile app that works like Shazam without looking like Shazam took second place at this weekend’s Comedy Hack Day ... read more
It only took three Comedy Hack Days to finally expose the truth. The MIT Media Lab played host to this weekend’s hackathon, which brought together 14 teams of comedians and developers in a contest to crown the most hilarious app, site, or musical toilet. The five-person team that called itself ... read more
Cast your vote for your favorite demo at Comedy Hack Day by retweeting one of these: RT if you think #BreakerBot should be declared the Pseudo-Democratic Champion at @CultivatedWit‘s #ComedyHackDay — Cultivated Wit (@CultivatedWit) September 22, 2013 RT if you think #FatBit should be declared the Pseudo-Democratic Champion at ... read more
“I think this is the most dangerous thing I’ve done at the Lab.” “More dangerous than the lasers?” “Yeah.” These were not comforting words for the man seated closest to the confetti cannon. A minute later, an explosion of red, pink, and white tissue paper bits filled the conference room, ... read more
Editor’s Note: This post, while enlightening, is first and foremost a plug to have you vote for our SXSW panel. If you would prefer to be a mindless drone who simply takes orders rather than reading or contextualizing, you can follow that link right now. Thanks drone! Science has taught ... read more
Loyalists and stalkers will recall the self-anointed “Greatest Hackathon Prize Ever” we awarded our Comedy Hack Day SF winners: an all-expense-paid trip to Los Angeles to meet Chris Hardwick and sit in on a recording of Nerdist. Well, four months later we finally made good and sent Conor Doherty and ... read more
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